Telangana: SEC announces GHMC elections schedule in Hyderabad, polling on December 1

GHMC elections 2020 schedule: In the big development, the State Election Commission has released the notification for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections on Tuesday. State Election Commissioner Partha Sarathy released the GHMC election schedule and notification to this extent. He said voting would take place on December 1 followed by counting of votes and results on December 4. The filing of nominations will start from tomorrow, which will end on November 20 and the nominations will be examined on November 21. The SEC also said November 22 was the last date for withdrawal of nominations.

He said the election process would be completed by December 6. Partha Sarathy said the GHMC elections would be held by ballot. GHMC said elections would be held for 150 wards as per law. SEC Parthasarathy further said that the reservation implemented in the 2016 GHMC elections will continue now. GHMC said the allocation of reservations was a government affair.

It was revealed that the Assembly will hold Greater‌ elections based on the voters' list. Adults who have completed 18 years of age by January 1, 2020, are eligible to cast vote. There is about 52.09 per cent male and 47.90 per cent female voters. GHMC has over 74,04,000 voters. It is said that in view of Corona scare, Poll timing has been increased by one hour from 7 AM to 6 PM against the earlier timings 7 AM to 5 PM.

The SEC clarified that there would be no e voting as it required amendment to Municipal Act to introduce e-Voting.